WI v Bangladesh

Windies starting well. 87/0...

Good to see Wavell Hinds off to a good start.

Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."

Well yet another shoddy fielding performance from Bangladesh against West Indies - what is it about West Indies that makes Bangladesh's fielding go from OK to stupidly poor.
Good for Hinds to get a score against his name. Still don't think he's an opener, though. Much better at three.
Gayle gets another ODI 99... I bet he'd take that if he was offered it every innings, let's say it again.
Shame about the Lara run-out, I was enjoying that. Not that Shiv embarrased himself.
Bradshaw and Merv knock the stuffing out of top-order. Good to see Merv back, two pearlers to Javed and Rajin, even if he has been a bit all-over-the-place by his standards. Bradshaw immaculate as ever.
What an appalling shot from Iqbal. That should put paid to the "he's something special" brigade for a bit. If only Van Jaarsveld had caught that we'd never have heard the rubbish ITFP.
Hopefully we might see Dillon bowling a good spell from now.
And maybe we might see something about Sammy.

And Bradshaw manages to go for four off the last balls of his 10th and 8th overs.
So instead of 10-17-1 he gets 10-25-1.
Still wouldn't complain at the set he's ended with, but just an example of those little things that together make big things go wrong.
Even the best of West Indies' bowlers can't get that relentlessness that's so vital in all the best players.

WI kicking some serious ass !!
wow ... been a long time since i have seen that happening !!

Indeed.

The medium-fast bowling answer to Terry Thomas has been an absolute revelation - but Merv has been so before. Lets hope he doesn't rest on his laurels as he has done so often in the past, and finally becomes an integral part of the West Indian attack for more than 2 or 3 matches on the trot. God knows, he's got the talent.

Bradshaw is as solid as they come, but the big congrats is to Mervyn Dillon. His 3rd 5-wicket take at ODI level and career-best figures. It's good to see him finally getting some reward for good bowling.